Majora Carter: Thought Leader

Send us Fan MailI've interviewed hundreds of prominent people through the years.  Occasionally I am asked, "who is the most interesting, thoughtful person you ever interviewed?" It is an unanswerable question.  But suffice it to say that Majora Carter is part of that conversation.  I've interviewed her twice .  Each time I have come away from the interview a smarter person thanks to Majora.  Her thoughts on issues like environmental racism and community talent retention opened my eyes to realities that didn't affect me personally.  So it got me to think about these topics and ask myself some difficult questions.  And that's a good thing.  Her personal story is compelling: growing up in Hunts Point, a neighborhood in the South Bronx in New York City during the "Bronx is Burning" years, going off to Wesleyan University vowing never to return to the South Bronx,  But return she did, winning a Macarthur Fellow (the so called "Genius Award") along the way, achieving personal and professional fulfillment in the old neighborhood.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices